Women Heptathlon Athletics I World Championship Helsinki, Finland 1983 - Monday 08, Tuesday 09.08

Women Heptathlon Athletics I World Championship Helsinki, Finland 1983 - Monday 08, Tuesday 09.08 - Gold Medal: Ramona Neubert, East Germany

Final		Points	100m H	High	Shot	200m	Long	Javel	800m	1984
1. Ramona Neubert	GDR	6714	13.29s	1.80m	15.38m	23.27s	6.67m	45.12m	2:11.34	6770
2. Sabine Paetz-John	GDR	6662	13.11s	1.83m	14.23m	23.60s	6.68m	44.52m	2:11.59	6713
3. Anke Vater-Behmer	GDR	6532	13.58s	1.86m	14.05m	23.49s	6.32m	37.84m	2:05.64	6525
4. Sabine Everts	FRG	6398	13.50s	1.86m	12.32m	23.82s	6.46m	36.36m	2:06.80	6388
5. Valentina Dimitrova	BUL	6362	14.21s	1.80m	15.67m	25.08s	6.11m	44.60m	2:08.10	6344
6. Yekaterina Smirnova	URS	6321	13.36s	1.83m	13.77m	24.48s	5.66m	45.76m	2:10.98	6277
7. Glynis Nunn-Cearns	AUS	6195	13.17s	1.74m	12.98m	24.02s	6.31m	32.64m	2:10.96	6131
8. Tineke Hidding	NED	6155	13.77s	1.77m	12.22m	24.19s	6.30m	38.62m	2:12.46	6103
9. Annette Tannander	SWE	5977	14.00s	1.83m	11.86m	26.10s	6.09m	45.24m	2:17.86	5932
10.Marcela Koblasova	TCH	5965	14.17s	1.74m	14.99m	25.15s	6.04m	40.58m	2:24.96	5888
11.Marlene Harmon	USA	5925	14.17s	1.74m	11.91m	24.92s	6.17m	36.06m	2:12.16	5833
12.Kristine Tannander	SWE	5922	14.25s	1.80m	12.70m	25.13s	5.58m	39.36m	2:12.38	5811
13.Anne Kyllonen	FIN	5866	14.33s	1.80m	12.87m	25.77s	5.88m	36.16m	2:13.77	5763
14.Corinne Schneider	SUI	5851	14.62s	1.83m	12.06m	25.81s	5.73m	46.22m	2:19.68	5770
15.Florence Picaut	FRA	5766								5659
16.Terry Genge	NZL	5739								5607
17.Helena Otahalova	TCH	5721								5583
18.Melitta Aigner	AUT	5629								5471
19.Dalila Tayebi	ALG	4976								4759
20.Patricia Meigha	GUA	3955								3659
-.Jane Frederick	USA	5431							DNS	5375
-.Judy Livermore-Simpson	GBR	4733		1.92m				NM	DNS	4798
-.Conceicao Geremias	BRA	4367								4330
-.Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	3719								3793
-.Zeina Mina El Jas	LIB	1255				DNS	abandoned				1351
-.Natalya Shubenkova	URS	851			DNS	abandoned				961

World record holder Ramona Neubert had never been beaten in an heptathlon. She not only maintained that record but led her country to a sweep of the medals.
Paetz, who had pushed Neubert in the previous year’s European Championships, took an initial lead with a 13.11 100m hurdles. She was overtaken by Britain’s Judy Livermore, who high jumped 1.92 but was to fall back thereafter and drop out after three fouls in the javelin throw.
Neubert was as low as seventh after the high jump, but her 23.27 200m not only gave her an overnight lead of 43 points, but also put her 29 points ahead of world record schedule.
The second day saw Neubert lose contact with her world record pace but stay comfortably ahead of Paetz. The third GDR athlete, Vater, consolidated her hold on the bronze medal with a win in the final event.